NALAWADI KRISHNRAJA WODEYAR – INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE A PHOTO TRIBUTE ON HIS 136th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

NALAWADI KRISHNRAJA WODEYAR – INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

 

 A PHOTO TRIBUTE ON HIS

 136^th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

 BORN: JUNE 4, 1884

 

BRONZE BUST OF NALWADI KRISHNARAJA WODEYAR

UNVEILED AT THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

ON 

JUNE 10, 2010

 Photo by SHARATH AHUJA

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Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV was born on 4 June 1884 in Mysore Palace. He was the eldest son of Maharaja Chamarajendra Wodeyar X and Maharani Vani Vilas Sannidhana. 

 

Chamarajendra Wadiyar X with his children

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadiyar_dynasty

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 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE:

           LONG AERIAL SHOT – THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE CAMPUS

                                                         BANGALORE – INDIA

                    PHOTO COURTESY – ARCHIVES AND PUBLICATIONS CELL, IISc.

 

The Indian Institute of Science, IISc, Bangalore owes its origins to the Wodeyars, the Mysore Royal Family, for their generous offer of 371 acres of land and Rupees 5.00 lakhs towards the construction of buildings and also a promise of Rs.50,000/- as annual subsidy. This secured Bangalore as the location for the proposed Research Institute. The Royal family of Mysore, especially, Maharani Kempa Nanjamani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, who was the Regent at that time, as the Maharaja was a minor, played a key role in ensuring the support of the Mysore State.

The Mysore Dewan Sir K.Seshadri Iyer was requested to provide all help on behalf of the Mysore State. It is interesting to note that J.N.Tata had a long-standing friendship with Sir K. Seshadri Iyer and H.J.Bhabha, Inspector-General of Education of Mysore and Coorg.

 Among the many factors that favored Bangalore were its salubrious climate, availability of abundant natural mineral resources and unlimited power from the Shivasamudram Power Station.

 

                                  Land Notification by the Government of India

                                      (Image Courtesy – The Karnataka State Archives)

 

The Unveiling Ceremony of the Statue of J.N.Tata at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 10 March 1922, (© the Times of India Archives)

 

At the foot of the statue from L to R: Alfred Hay (Director, IISc), H. H. Nalawadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar - Maharaja of Mysore, H. H. Yuvaraja of Mysore,  W. P. Barton (Resident), Sir Dorabji Tata (Son of Founder J N Tata)

 

    

The Maharaja of Mysore, this afternoon, unveiled a statue of the late Mr. Jamsetji Tata at the Indian Institute of Science in the presence of a large and distinguished company of visitors and residents, including Sir Dorab Tata and Lady Dorab Tata, The Yuvaraj of Mysore and the Hon’ble Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Barton. General Sir William Marshal, Lord and Lady Ruthveen and party, Sir Leslie and Lady Miller and all leading officers of the State. 

Sir Dorab Tata, in proposing a vote of thanks, said, “To my father, learning was a religion and new knowledge, the aim of all learning. He had travelled far and wide and had foreseen that if the country was to be enabled to develop its vast potentialities in men and material, two things were necessary; firstly the encouragement of learning and secondly, the application of science to industries………..”

 

Mysore Sandal Soap and Oil – Indian Institute of Science:

 

The first experiment for extraction of Sandalwood oil from Sandalwood was carried out by Prof J J Suddborough and Prof H E Watson, General and Applied Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science, IISc, Bangalore.

https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/aroma-lingers-even-after-100-years/article29341810.ece

 

The scientists carried out experiments in their laboratory to distill sandal oil and after intensive trials arrived at the formula of manufacturing pharmaceutical grade sandal oil, which was eventually, used to make the now famous Mysore Sandal Soap.

This led to the establishment of the Government Sandalwood Oil factory by the Maharaja of Mysore His Highness Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar and Diwan Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, in 1916 at Mysore. Subsequently the Government Soap Factory (now the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited) was set up near Cubbon Park in Bangalore in 1918.

 

In 1957, the factory moved to its new premises in the Rajajinagar Industrial Estate. Bangalore.

 

The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) Bangalore, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Bangalore, the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) Bangalore, the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), the Central Food and Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) Mysore and the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited, Bangalore, to name a few, owe their origin to the Institute.

 

THE CENTRAL FOOD AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CFTRI) – MYSORE

PHOTO COURTESY THE INTERNET

 THE IISc CENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE STAMP:

 

 

IISc Centenary Commemorative Stamp

Upper Row: From Left: Homi Bhabha, Burjorji Padshah, Morris Travers

Lower Row: From Left: G N Ramachandran, Satish Dhawan, C V Raman, J N Tata, Nalawadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar and Swami Vivekananada

 

 

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